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From: John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Disc Compatibility?
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2025 08:00:07 +0700
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On Fri, 7 Mar 2025 06:18:22 -0500, zen cycle
<funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:

>On 3/6/2025 5:16 PM, Joerg wrote:
>> On 3/6/25 1:11 PM, Zen Cycle wrote:
>>> On 3/6/2025 3:45 PM, Joerg wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Both front and back should have the same lever pull, assuming similar 
>>>> pad and rotor wear. If you got a lot of air out the question is, how 
>>>> did that much get in there in the first place? That doesn't sound 
>>>> healthy.
>>>>
>>>> In a well-designed brake system air tends to bubble up towards the 
>>>> handles. Maybe ride around a little, get the brakes good and warm, 
>>>> and bleed again. I always vent at the top when bleeding my MTB 
>>>> brakes. Only very little air comes out, if any. The brakes always 
>>>> feel firm but I do it as a preventative maintenance to prevent a 
>>>> surpsise brake fade. I have seen that happen with a rider in front of 
>>>> me on a long downhill. His front faded but since he was a good dirt 
>>>> bike rider he saved the situation with a nice sideways slide, 
>>>> stopping in a massive plume of dust. And some expletives.
>>>>
>>>
>>> “Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving 
>>> safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, 
>>> thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, “Wow 
>>> what a ride!” - Hunter S. Thompson
>>>
>> 
>> Last words of a redneck: "Hold my beer and y'all watch me now!" :-)
>> 
>
>lol...that's a running joke between me and my wife whenever one of us is 
>going to try something potentially risky (usually stoking the fire pit).
>
>"be careful honey"
>"hold my beer, I got this"

What is a "Fire Pit"?


-- 
Cheers,

John B.